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CWE-261: Weak Encoding for Password

Base Incomplete

The product uses a weak or trivial encoding for a password.

How to prevent it (1 mitigation)
  1. Passwords should be encrypted with keys that are at least 128 bits in length for adequate security.

Source: MITRE CWE-261

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  • Low 3.0

    MD5 hash support in github.com/foxcpp/maddy

    ### Impact This vulnerability affects maddy 0.5.1, 0.5.0 users using auth.shadow module and an extremely outdated system that still allows MD5 hashes in /etc/shadows. ### Patches Patch is available as part of the 0.5.2 release. ### Workarounds Ensure MD5 hash…

  • High 8.8

    Dell EMC Networking X-Series firmware versions prior to 3.0.1.8 and Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX Switch Module firmware vers…

  • Medium 5.5

    Insecure crypto for storing passwords

    In crypt.c of remote-login-service, the cryptographic algorithm used to cache usernames and passwords is insecure. An attacker could use this vulnerability to recover usernames and passwords from the file. This issue affects version 1.0.0-0ubuntu3 and prior v…

  • Medium 5.9

    This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of C-MORE HMI EA…

  • Critical 9.8

    RVD#2565: Weak token generation for the REST API.

    The access tokens for the REST API are directly derived from the publicly available default credentials for the web interface. Given a USERNAME and a PASSWORD, the token string is generated directly with base64(USERNAME:sha256(PASSWORD)). An unauthorized atta…

  • Unscored —

    A Weak Cryptography for Passwords issue was discovered in General Electric (GE) Multilin SR 750 Feeder Protection Relay…